Men like John Wayne and John Lennon, Nolan Ryan and Bruce Lee, Cesar Chavez, Christopher Reeve, and Miles Davis have touched the lives of millions. But, to their children, they were not their public personas. They were Dad. Maybe Davis didn't leave the office at five o'clock to come home and play catch with his son Erin, but the man people see through Erin's eyes is so alive, so real, so not the "king of cool" (he taught his son to box, made a killer pot of chili, and watched MTV with him) that it gives a whole new appreciation for the artist.

Each of these forty first-person narratives—intimate, heartfelt, unvarnished, surprising, and profoundly universal—shows not only a very different view of a figure people thought they knew, but also a completely new and moving concept of what it means to be a father.

Dad's love, guidance, and care have meant everything. This is a celebration of who Dad is and all the ways he makes your world a better place. This gift book, Because of You, Dad, with heartwarming hand-drawn illustrations and thoughtful sentiments throughout, is an opportunity to express your gratitude and let Dad know how much his presence means to you.

This heartwarming gift book, written by New York Times best-selling author Kobi Yamada, pairs hand-drawn illustrations and thoughtful sentiments to express gratitude and let Dad know how much his presence means. It's a thoughtful present for Father's Day, a birthday, or just because.

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Clint Edwards compares fatherhood to the time he conducted an important live television interview from his home: To the viewers, he appeared well-dressed in a nice button-up shirt... but beneath the camera, he was naked. And, while it appeared that he was in a nice office, he was actually hiding in his bedroom closet because his entire house was too messy to show.

This highly relatable collection gets to the heart of parenting: all those unexpected fails, awkward conversations, and well-intended white lie. Clint documents all of this and more in stories such as "The Time My Son Realized I Was Santa," "I've Never Been To Hell, but I Have Been to a Little Girl's Birthday Party", and "How to Get the Sex Talk Very, Very Wrong". And with each story, you'll see that there aren't any rules when it comes to parenting, and all you can do is try your hardest.

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In this ode to self-confidence and the love between fathers and daughters from Academy-Award winning director and former NFL wide receiver Matthew A. Cherry and New York Times bestselling illustrator Vashti Harrison, it's up to Daddy to give his daughter an extra-special hairstyle. Zuri's hair has its own personality. It twists, coils, and curls in every direction. Zuri is aware of its beauty. Daddy has a lot to learn when it comes to styling it for a special occasion. But he adores Zuri and will go to any length to please her – and her hair.

Hair Love is a tender and empowering ode to love your natural hair, as well as a celebration of daddies and daughters everywhere. This is a perfect gift for Father's Day, birthdays, baby showers, and other special occasions!

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Tim O'Brien, a National Book Award-winning novelist, decided in 2003, as an older father, to give his young sons what he wished his own father had given him—a few scraps of paper signed "Love, Dad". It could be a piece of advice, a sentence or two about a long-ago Christmas Eve, or scattered glimpses of their rapidly aging father, a man they may never truly know. For the next fifteen years, the author wrote letters to his sons, pretending they were adults and imagining what they might want to hear from a father who was no longer alive.

O'Brien moves through a wide range of human experiences and emotions, from soccer games to warfare to risqué lullabies, from alcoholism to magic shows to history lessons to bittersweet bedtime stories, but always returns to a father's soul-saving love for his sons. Dad's Maybe Book is the result, a funny, tender, wise, and enduring literary achievement that will squeeze the reader's heart with joy and recognition.

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Billy Summers is a man with a gun in a room. He's a hired killer and the best in the business. But he'll only do the job if the target is a true bad guy. And now Billy wants to leave. But first, there's one more hit. Billy is one of the world's best snipers, a decorated Iraq war vet, and a master of vanishing after the job is done. So, what can possibly go wrong?

This breathtaking, nonstop novel is a part war story, a part love letter to small-town America and its people, and it features one of King's most compelling and surprising duos, who set out to avenge the crimes of an extraordinarily evil man. It's about love, chance, fate, and a complicated hero with one last chance at redemption. You will not be able to put this story down, and you will never forget Billy.

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In the bestselling legal thriller, charismatic defense attorney Mickey Haller takes on a slam-dunk court case involving a Beverly Hills playboy, but as the case turns into a nightmare, he finds himself fighting for his life. Mickey Haller is a Lincoln Lawyer, a criminal defense attorney who works from the backseat of his Lincoln Town Car, traveling between Los Angeles' far-flung courthouses to defend clients of all kinds. Mickey Haller's clients include bikers, con artists, drunk drivers, and drug dealers. For him, the law is about negotiating and manipulating rather than about guilt or innocence. It's even about justice at times.

Mickey gets his first high-paying client in years when he defends a Beverly Hills playboy arrested for assaulting a woman he met in a bar. What is known as a franchise case is a defense attorney's dream. As the evidence mounts, Haller begins to suspect that this may be the easiest case of his career. Then someone close to him is murdered, and Haller realizes that his quest for innocence has led him face to face with evil as pure as a flame. To avoid being burned, he must use every tactic, feint, and instinct he possesses—this time to save his own life.

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Whether you've been anticipating it or dreading it, the experience of returning home to an empty nest brings a flood of emotions, realizations, and one massive, all-consuming thought: Now what? As an empty nester, your options are practically limitless, which can be both exciting and frightening.

Jim Burns combines his personal experiences with extensive research, interviews with other empty nesters, and his professional work as a family educator in this book to help you navigate your new life as an empty nester and find joy in the opportunities for life change that await you. Rather than making superficial recommendations for hobbies, Burns encourages you to actively pursue a new beginning, reinvent yourself, and thrive beyond this new stage.

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Chip Gaines opens up about his lifelong pursuit of building relationships with people from all walks of life in his most vulnerable book to date. Chip emphasizes the importance of seeing people for who they are rather than what they can do for you, which allows you to create a strong community and a life of meaning, joy, and connection.

What causes it to happen? By being deliberate in your company selection. Chip explains the importance of seeking out people who are energized by living their purpose, who will support you as you face new challenges, and who bet on each other rather than the status quo. The key is to be true to yourself, figure out what you want to do with your life, and surround yourself with people who will support you along the way.

A good life isn't always easy, but that's because good things never are. It takes trust in people. It takes confidence in yourself. It takes faith. And it necessitates a willingness to grow even when it is painful. Chip Gaines will coach you on how to make your life rich and your relationships run deep in No Pain, No Gaines, through hard-won lessons and personal stories all told with his trademark blend of wit and wisdom.

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Erik Larson's book The Splendid and the Vile depicts in vivid detail how Churchill taught the British people "the art of being fearless". It's a political thriller, but it's also a touching domestic drama set against the backdrops of Churchill's prime-ministerial country home, Chequers; his wartime retreat, Ditchley, where he and his entourage go when the moon is full and the bombing threat is at its peak; and, of course, 10 Downing Street in London.

Drawing on diaries, original archival documents, and once-secret intelligence reports—some only recently released—Larson casts a new light on London's darkest year through the eyes of Churchill and his family: his wife, Clementine; their youngest daughter, Mary, who chafes against her parents' wartime protectiveness; their son, Randolph, and his beautiful, unhappy wife, Pamela; Pamela's illicit lover, a dashing American emissary; and the advisers in Churchill’s “Secret Circle,” to whom he turns in the hardest moments.

The Splendid and the Vile transports readers from today's political chaos to a time of true leadership, when, in the face of unrelenting horror, Churchill's eloquence, courage, and perseverance bound a country, and a family, together.

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